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Orthodox Boxer’s Balancing Act
The era of Jewish boxers — tough guys from the ghettos, like Benny Leonard and Barney Ross — is over. For that matter, the era of boxing itself, once king of all American sports, has passed, as well. In that regard, Dmitriy Salita is doubly a throwback, being both Jewish and a boxer, with an added twist: As a practicing Orthodox Jew, he does not fight on the Sabbath. What normally might be a potentially fatal limitation for a boxer (many fights are scheduled for weekend nights) has proved to be a public relations bonanza for this undefeated junior welterweight, now the star of Jason Hutt's documentary film “Orthodox Stance," opening January 25 in New York and April 11 in Los Angeles. In addition to boxing, Salita, 25, is something of a juggler, balancing his sincere commitment to Chabad Orthodoxy with his training regimen, and the relative looseness of the sporting world with the stringency of religious practice.
News | Is John McCain a War Hero?
He intends to post them on the Web, where they'll join a pile of documents that, Willbanks insists, proves McCain collaborated with the Communists during his five years as a POW. Willbanks has a paying job, as a bus driver for the City of Mesa. But he was recently reassigned to drive an adult day-care van. He's excited about it; the older people will want to talk about war history, and he can give them packets of information he keeps on McCain. He's already given out 15 or so. "I give them a packet, and they come back and say, 'Well, that goddamn traitor,'" he says. The "documents" include an article McCain wrote for U.S. News & World Report in 1973, upon his release from prison camp. In the article, McCain admits that he--like many POWs--confessed to war crimes under physical and emotional duress.
Rosacea Treatment Yields Results
Doctors dont know what causes rosacea, which leaves sufferers faces red, but some dermatologists think they have a treatment for it. Patients are turning to laser treatment, which improves the condition up to 70 percent the first time, though it can leave bruising for nearly a week. That's literally where the blood vessels have exploded, which means they're going to disappear and disappear with not many treatments, dermatologist Kent Aftergut said. .
3 Men Become Heroes In St. Landry Parish
A dramatic rescue Thursday, in St. Landry Parish, when a vehicle, with four people inside, plunged into the water. Three men went from bystander to hero, in a matter of seconds. Around 3:30 Thursday afternoon a truck drove off the highway and into the Bayou Teche. That's when the trio of men, all driving by at the time of the crash, jumped in.
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A Better Virtual World, One Tree (or Millions) At A Time
Dryad trees are truly 3-D; they can be spun around or viewed from any angle. They also can be downloaded in the OBJ format and loaded into any major modeling program. The Dryad software is available, at no cost, at http://dryad.stanford.edu. Adapted from materials provided by Stanford University. .
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